§11423. Trust agreement; pledge

1.Trust agreement.
Any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between
any or all of the following: The authority, a participating institution and a corporate
trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a
trust company within or without the State.

[
1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW)
.]

2.Pledge.
Any trust agreement may pledge or assign any revenues to be received by the authority
or proceeds or benefits of any contract and may serve to convey or mortgage or otherwise
secure any property or property rights, contain provisions for protecting and enforcing
the rights and remedies of bondholders, restrict the individual right of action by
bondholders and contain such other provisions as the authority deems appropriate,
including the right to the appointment of a receiver and the right to the issuance
of an order of specific performance by a court of competent jurisdiction.

[
1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW)
.]

3.Education loan program.
Any expense incurred in carrying out the trust agreement may be treated as a part
of the cost of the operation of an education loan program.

[
1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW)
.]

4.Valid and binding.
A pledge by the authority of revenues as security for an issue of bonds shall be
valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made.

The revenues pledged shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without
any physical delivery, recording of any instrument or further act and the lien of
any pledge shall be valid and binding against any person having any claim of any kind
in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority or any participating institution
or borrower, irrespective of whether the person has notice.

No bond resolution, trust agreement or financing statement, continuation statement
or other instrument adopted or entered into by the authority need be filed or recorded
in any public record other than the records of the authority in order to perfect the
lien against 3rd persons, regardless of any contrary provision of law.

[
1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW)
.]

5.Trust funds.
All money received by or on behalf of the authority under this chapter, whether
as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds
to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.

Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, that money is deposited
shall act as trustee of the money and shall hold and apply it for the purposes provided
in the chapter and any applicable bond resolution or trust agreement.

[
1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW)
.]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 807, §3 (NEW).

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